The Little Locksmith: A Memoir
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- Synopsis
- First published in 1942 and reprinted here by the Feminist Press, this is the deeply honest memoir of Katharine Butler, who was disabled from childhood due to tuberculosis of the spine. Butler describes her bedridden childhood and her emergence as a teenager with a notably different-looking body. She writes openly of her longing for sexual love and her sense that it was forever denied to her because of her difference. Much of the book concerns the author's renovation of and hopes for a house in Castine on the coast of Maine, which she dreamed would become a house for children, artists, and lovers. Nancy Mairs' afterword provides fascinating information about the author's life.
- Copyright:
- 1974
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 471 Pages
- Publisher:
- N/A
- Date of Addition:
- 09/18/02
- Copyrighted By:
- Warren H. Butler
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Disability-Related, Biographies and Memoirs, Religion and Spirituality
- Submitted By:
- Deborah Kent Stein
- Proofread By:
- gustavo galindo
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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